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Book Nook

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
A reading of Dr. Seuss's My Many Colored Days provides a great intro for a discussion of colors and how they can represent emotions and moods. Kids share the feelings they associate with various colors
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The Case of the Crooked Cartoon: Newton's Laws Set the Standard

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students have the opportunity to use higher-level thinking skills and to apply their talents to previously learned material. It provides an opportunity for visual, auditory, and tactile/kinetic learners to utilize their particular...
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Cartoon Challenge

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice locomotor movements and space awareness while reinforcing knowledge of living and non-living things learned from the classroom.
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Warfare Without Bullets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the basic elements of effective propaganda techniques. They make generalizations regarding the purpose of War time propaganda after interpreting several propaganda pieces. They view a Powerpoint presentation.
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RESILENCE-"WINNIE THE POOH AND CHRISTMAS TOO"

For Teachers 1st
First graders view a clip of Pooh and his friends encountering obstacles like losing their letter to Santa. They disucss the problem and ask students to predict what happen next, and they briefly summarize the story line.
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Comic Strip

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research and discuss the life and times of Paul Lawrence Dunbar. They create a comic strip of his life, complete with sketches and dialogue. They display their work in the classroom.
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"Black ans White": Nineteenth Century Racism

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners examine Thomas Nast's illustration, "Black and White," looking for examples of racism. Contemporary stereotypes utilized to demonstrate the attitudes of people in the North and South in the 1800's are explored.
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Why Is Evolution Controversial?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the legal side of the teaching of evolution. They study the Scopes Trial and reflect on what it means for a teacher to be denied the right to teach a key scientific concept. In addition, they design their own editorial...
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Serious Doodling

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine cartoons drawn by a volunteer serving in the country of Jordan. They draw a cartoon about a time felt different from others around them and share their cartoons with the class. The answer the questions: How can cartoons...
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National Debate Over Treaty Ratification

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the main points of the Versailles Treaty. In groups, they analyze a variety of political cartoons about Wilson and the treaty itself and share their findings with the class after completing a worksheet. To end the...
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Cell Types

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create cartoon characters which compare and contrast two types of cells: nerve and muscle. Cartoon characters show how these two cells are similar, how they are different, and the relationship between the two cell types.
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Visualizations of Children's Rights

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze video cartoons and article from Convention on the Rights of the Child, create visual picture to define and explain specific rights, present and explain choice of materials and images, and form opinions on how they...
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Chinese Immigration 1860s-1880s

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders consider the plight of Chinese immigrants to America. In this immigration lesson, 8th graders analyze political cartoons from the late 1800's that exemplify American public opinion regarding Chinese immigrants. The...
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Spanish-American War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils view a video called Battling Beyond the Borders about the Spanish-American War. They discuss the role of newspapers in the war and then analyze political cartoons of the time, writing explanatory sentences about them.
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Historical Lessons on Wartime and Race Relations

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify perceptions towards Asians widely held by the American public through the analysis of political cartoons from the 1940's. They recognize the ramifications of such perceptions on Asian American and Arab American.
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Americans Settle in Texas and Life in Early Texas

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars participate in a layered curriculum unit that includes: Create a political cartoon about the effect of the Mexican colonization laws on Texas settlement. The cartoon should be from the point of view of a Tejano. Write a...
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200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners watch Bugs Bunny cartoons, discuss the role of classical music in them, create musical parodies, and discuss Bugs Bunny as a Pop Icon.
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Why Was the United States Filled With Self-Doubt at the End of the Carter Administration?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners research the events of the 1960s and 1970s using the internet. In groups, they draw their own political cartoons about one of the events. They also write a summary about how one specific event of their choosing gave the United...
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The Campaign: Issues and Strategies. What do you think?

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students research a candidate in an election and discuss how the media portrays that candidate and how the media influences voters. In this candidate lesson plan, students also distinguish fact from opinion, look at political cartoons,...
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Your Politician: Myth vs. Reality

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils adopt a public official, research how they spend their time, and define the actual duties associated with the job. They sort perceptions about the job into myths and realities, and analyze political cartoons involving their official.
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How far have we come in the "Freedom Struggle"?

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders assess an appreciation for the sacrifices made to achieve fundamental rights in our society. They analyze how far we've come to explore what more needs to be done in the "Freedom Struggle." Each student completes a...
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Cooperative Learning Experience Through the Flipping Lid Demo

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students create a cartoon illustrating a lab demonstration. In this lab safety lesson, the teacher demonstrates a small methane explosion to demonstrate the importance of safety in a laboratory setting, then students work in groups to...
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Historical Witness: Social Messaging

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create political cartoons that feature satire. In this political cartoon lesson plan, students examine examples of satire and caricature prior to creating their own political cartoons that feature the French Revolution or...
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Japanese American Internment: Examining Racial Tensions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discover how racial tension led to Japanese Internment. In this World War II activity, students analyze political cartoons and posters related to the movement of Japanese-Americans to internment camps in the wake of the...

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